From the database of
Essential Science IndicatorsSM from
Clarivate Analytics, this
list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the
data sets for the current period of May 2005-April 30, 2011, and the
previous period of March 2005-February 28, 2011 (sliding 6-year period). Of
the 6,762 Research Fronts in the May 2005-April 30, 2011 file, a total of
816 (12%) were new. Some of the Research Fronts contain commentary sent in
by authors of the core papers. Many contain images/descriptions of their
work.